The results have been declared for Bexley & Bromley with the Conservatives holding.

Gareth Bacon retained the seat with 46% of the vote, with Labour's Sam Russell coming second with 24%.

Full results:

• Gareth Bacon (C) 87,460 (46.08%, -6.55%) 
• Sam Russell (Lab) 45,791 (24.12%, -0.09%)
• Frank Gould (UKIP) 30,485 (16.06%, +9.65%) 
• Roisin Robertson (Green) 12,685 (6.68%, +1.21%) 
• Julie Ireland (LD) 12,145 (6.40%, -0.38%) 
• Veronica Obadara (APP) 1,243 (0.65%)

The turnout was higher than four years ago with 189,809 casting their vote.

A six-year-old girl who died from "catastrophic head injuries" was repeatedly absent from school in the months before her death, the Old Bailey has heard.

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Ellie Butler's father Ben, 36, denies murdering her in October 2013 by inflicting the injuries.

He and his partner Jennie Gray, 36, deny child cruelty charges.

The court heard Avenue Primary School in Sutton was unable to get medical notes for Ellie's absences.

Administration assistant Kelly Vennard said Ellie's mother Ms Gray became "angry and aggressive" when the school contacted her and demanded to know if other parents were treated the same way.

Tim Donovan
BBC London, Political Editor

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With nearly 80% votes scanned it looks like Sadiq Khan is ahead by 44% with Zac Goldsmith's on 35% on first preferences.

When it gets to 90% votes counted, we won't get any more progress on the screens here at City Hall.

Then it's time to wait for the results from the Returning Officer.

Conservative and Labour frontbenchers have clashed over the Conservatives' campaign in the London mayor elections.

Communities Secretary Greg Clark rejected claims that his party employed "dog whistle politics" and insisted the Conservatives ran a positive campaign.

But he said there was "a big row about the entryism" of "extremists" into the Labour Party and said it was right to draw attention to it.

Shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer said there was a "revolting campaign and the Conservatives should be absolutely ashamed of it".

He claimed there was an attempt "to suggest subliminally that Sadiq was in some way a supporter of terrorism".

London Fire Brigade, external has warned people to take care not to inadvertently cause fires during the "Ibiza heatwave" this weekend.

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Fire chiefs said grass fires could be started by barbeques and discarded cigarettes, while the sun rays being refracted through mirrors and glass could also lead to blazes.

“Many people don’t realise that fires can be caused by glass, mirrors or crystal ornaments being left in direct sunlight," community safety group manager Mark Hazelton said.

In February, a home in Twickenham was badly damaged and a dog died after the sun’s rays were refracted through a Nutella jar and onto window blinds, the Fire Brigade said.

BBC Weather

Today will be fine and dry with plenty of sunshine.

However, some noticeable high cloud will make sunshine more hazy.

It will become very warm across London with the highest temperatures likely around Northolt.

Maximum Temperature: 21C (70F)

Staff at Wormwood Scrubs prison have walked out of the jail over health and safety concerns.

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Mike Rolfe, of the Prison Officers' Association, said there had been a number of assaults on staff, while so-called "legal highs" were said to have been thrown over the walls.

He said staff have "decided to stay outside until they can seek assurances from management that their concerns will be addressed." 

About 50 prison workers have gathered outside the prison in Hammersmith and Fulham, Mr Rolfe said.

Inspectors recently released a report saying the jail was "rat-infested and overcrowded".

London's political landscape has been dominated by two men over the last 16 years - Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson.  

BBC London's Riz Lateef presents a BBC Radio London special looking back at 16 years of the Mayor of London.

Discover more about their years in office here.

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A Labour councillor has blamed Ken Livingstone for the loss of two seats in Bury saying Jewish voters were offended by his comments.

The former London mayor, 70, has been accused by Labour's Alan Quinn of giving "grotesque offence" in Prestwich with his Hitler comments.

The area has the UK's second biggest Jewish population and Labour lost seats to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.

Councillor Quinn called for suspended Livingstone to be expelled from the party.

He said: "He's caused grotesque offence and the suspension needs to turn into expulsion. This party should not be a place for bigots and racists.

"I was at a Holocaust memorial event a few days ago and I saw the raw emotion, anger and hurt that his crass comments have caused.

Asad Ahmad
Presenter, BBC London

Coming up on BBC London News this lunchtime:

We're at City Hall and Alexandra Palace for the latest on the election as the ballots continue to be counted.

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And on one of his last days as Mayor, we'll hear from Boris Johnson as he unveils a new cycle superhighway.

Join me at 13:30 on BBC One.

Claire Timms
BBC London News

BBC London political editor Tim Donovan, at City Hall, says: "It looks very likely that Labour's Sadiq Khan is headed for victory here. About half the votes have been scanned and he looks, from the screens we've got here at City Hall, as if he's comfortably ahead.

"There are a couple of other quite good indicators which are that in Zac Goldsmith's, his Conservative opponent, backyard in south-west London where he lives, Sadiq Khan appears to be ahead."

Tim said it also looked as if some Lib Dems had come across to Labour as a result of the row over the tone of the campaign.

"Even on the London Assembly it looks as though a Conservative there (south-west London) is behind Labour too. Already you can see, hear the recriminations among some Conservatives about how this campaign has been run."

A man who allegedly stabbed a random stranger at Leytonstone Tube station "for Syria" has been accused of brandishing the blade at four other members of the public.

Muhiddin Mire, 30, is charged with the attempted murder of a 56-year-old man who was attacked from behind in front of several travellers on the evening of 5 December.

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Mr Mire, of Sansom Road, Leytonstone, is accused of punching his victim to the ground and repeatedly kicking him before taking hold of the victim's head and cutting a 12cm (5in) wound in his neck.

The defendant also allegedly brandished his knife at other members of the public, aiming it at the throat of at least two of them before being Tasered three times by police.

He appeared at the Old Bailey via video link for a plea and case management hearing.

The judge adjourned the plea hearing to 24 May ahead of a provisional trial on 31 May.

Sadiq Khan remains in the lead in the race for London Mayor, according to London Elects, external.

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With between 30-53% of votes verified, the Conservatives are also behind in four of the six London Assembly seats that they current hold.

While they retain leads in Bexley & Bromley and West Central (Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea), they are behind in Croydon & Sutton, Havering & Redbridge, Merton & Wandsworth and South West (Hounslow, Kingston & Richmond).

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Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

Jeremy Corbyn's party has swerved universal disaster - losses so far in England are fewer than some had feared.

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But with meltdown in Scotland, and losses where there should traditionally be gains, Labour would be foolish to take much comfort from the results.

There is little to suggest that voters believe the Labour party on its current performance is on its way to a general election victory.

Mr Corbyn's internal enemies are not likely to wield the knife, but there are already calls for more decisive leadership, more appeals to go to the centre ground.

Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London

In what could be his last act as Mayor, Boris Johnson has opened a new segregated cycle superhighway in Blackfriars.

It has been welcomed by cycling campaigners and is already proving popular with cyclists.

I've also been asking black cab drivers what they thought of the new lane.

One told me "it's alright now it's finished", but another said: "Boris Johnson has done more damage to London than the Luftwaffe".

MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Diane Abbott tells Norman Smith the Conservatives ran "the most appallingly anti-Muslim campaign" in the London mayoral race.